Pen and pencil holder.



G. P. BOARDMAN.

PEN AND PEN GIL HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED PEB.25,1911.

1,029,415, Patented June 11, 1912.

wumto'a GEORGE P. BOARDMAN, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1912.

Application filed February 25, 1911. Serial No. 610,810.

1 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. BOARDMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Pen and Pencil Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pen and pencil holders, and it has for anobject to provide a device of this character which is adapted to beattached directly above the pocket and arranged with respect thereto sothat the pen or pencil when engaged with the holder may be partlyextended into the pocket.

In the drawing, forming a portion of this specification and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the sevcral views:-F igure 1 is a perspective view of my improved pen and pencil holder.Fig. 9. is a rear elevation thereof showing a form of attaching elementwhereby the holder can be supported in the pocket.

My improved pencil holder embodies a support 1 which may be of anysuitable configuration so as to permit of the holder being attachedabove or carried in the pocket of a vest or other garment withoutliability of the pocket or any portion of the garment being torn. At oneside, the support 1 has secured thereto a pin 2 or any other suitablewell known attaching device by means of which the holder can be securelyheld in the pocket or secured to the garment and held againstdisplacement. At the other side, the support 1 is provided with aplurality of spring pencil or pen supporting elements 3, each embodyinga single length of spring wire bent upon itself to form companionvertically disposed loops 4 and 5, the inner portions 6 of each loopwhich forms one terminal of the spring wire is bent, as at 7, so as toform a horizontally disposed jaw 8. These jaws are arranged in opposingrelation with respect to each other and each is formed with anintermediate outwardly extending bulge 9. The extremity of each jaw iscurled upon itself so as to present an eye 10. The eyes 10 of thecompanion jaws of each supporting element- 3 are arranged with respectto each other so as to present therebetween a flared entrance passage 11for the purpose of facilitating the insertion of the pencil or pen. Theouter portions 12 of each loop of the supporting element are connectedwith each other at their lower ends by an attaching portion 13 which issoldered or otherwise suitably secured to the support 1.

Three pencil or pen supporting elements are herein shown, but it isobvious, that one or any suitable number of such elements may beemployed and it is also obvious that the jaws of each element can beproperly constructed so as to permit of their effective grippingengagement with the pencil or pen.

On reference to Fig. 1 of the drawing,

it will be seen that the intermediate supporting element 3 has itscompanion jaws spaced slightly farther apart than the companion jaws ofthe adjacent supporting element. This construction is extremelydesirable where the device is provided with a plurality of supports, theobject being to provide in the construction of the elements 3 meanswhereby pens or pencils of different transverse diameters may besecurely confined between the clamping jaws 8.

\Vith a View of preventing the companion loops 4 and 5 of each element 3from being distorted, I stamp in the support a brace member 14, one ofwhich being provided for each element 3 and being constructed so as toembrace the element, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

I claim A pencil holder comprising a support, attaching means therefor,the said support being adapted to be attached to the garment of thewearer, a plurality of pencil supporting elements,1nounted on the saidsupport, each of the said elements being formed from a single piece ofresilient material secured to the support and folded upon itself toprovide a pair of vertically disposed loops immediately adjacent eachother, each of the said loops being provided with a free terminal bentoutwardly at an angle with respect to the support, adapted to provideclamping elements and to hold them against displacej aws, a plurality oftransversely arranged In testimony whereof I aifix my signatureprojecting strips stamped from the support, in presence of twoWitnesses.

and each adapted to sliclably receive the 1 h T loops of one of the saidpencil supporting GEORGE BOARDMAB' lVitnesses:

FRED L. QUALFS,

ment from the support on separation of the EDWIN COLLINS.

clamping jaws from each other.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

